Rafael Estevão "Rafa" Hettsheimeir (born June 16, 1986) is a Brazilian-Spanish[1][2] professional basketball player who currently plays for Flamengo in the Novo Basquete Brasil (NBB) and the BCL Americas. He was also member of the Brazilian national basketball team.
 Hettsheimeir, while playing with Málaga, in 2013. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 30 – Flamengo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | NBB BCL Americas | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 16, 1986 Araçatuba, Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Brazilian / Spanish | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 275 lb (125 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| NBA draft | 2008: undrafted | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2003–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2003–2005 | COC/Ribeirão Preto | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2007 | Vic | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2007–2009 | Plus Pujol Lleida | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | CAI Zaragoza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | → Obradoiro CAB | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | Real Madrid | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2013–2014 | Unicaja | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Bauru | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Fuenlabrada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017 | Santeros de Aguada | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Bauru | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Franca | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | Flamengo | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Professional career edit
Hettsheimeir started his senior career in Brazil with Ribeirão Preto, with whom he played from 2003 to 2005. In 2006, he moved to Spain and signed with Akasvayu Vic of the LEB Plata. After two seasons with Vic, he moved to Plus Pujol Lleida of the LEB Oro where he stayed for two seasons.
In the summer of 2009, Hettsheimeir signed with CAI Zaragoza. On November 13, 2009, he was loaned to Obradoiro CAB for three months.[3] On February 11, 2010, he returned to CAI Zaragoza.[4] On May 27, 2010, he signed a new two-year contract with Zaragoza.[5]
On October 30, 2012, Hettsheimeir signed with Real Madrid.[6] With Real he won the 2012–13 ACB championship. After one season, he parted ways with Real.[7] On August 15, 2013, Hettsheimeir signed a two-year deal with Unicaja.[8] After one season, he left Unicaja and returned to Brazil where he signed with Bauru.[9]
On January 26, 2017, Hettsheimeir signed with Montakit Fuenlabrada for the rest of the 2016–17 ACB season.[10] In June 2017, he signed with Santeros de Aguada of the Baloncesto Superior Nacional.[11]
After a couple of seasons playing in Franca, Rafael signed Flamengo Basket for NBB and FIBA America League.
National team career edit
As a member of the Brazilian national basketball team he won the gold medal at the 2005 FIBA Americas Championship. He also won a silver medal at the 2011 FIBA Americas Championship.
Career statistics edit
NBB regular season edit
| Season | Team | GP | MPG | 2PT FG% | 3PT FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2014–15 | Bauru | 28 | 27.8 | .637 | .408 | .818 | 5.6 | .9 | .9 | .2 | 16.7 |
| 2015–16 | Bauru | 24 | 26.4 | .569 | .394 | .835 | 5.3 | 1.2 | .5 | .2 | 15.2 |
| Career | 52 | 27.1 | .601 | .402 | .825 | 5.5 | 1.0 | .7 | .2 | 16.0 | |
| All-Star |
NBB playoffs edit
| Season | Team | GP | MPG | 2PT FG% | 3PT FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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| 2015 | Bauru | 12 | 37.5 | .486 | .324 | .800 | 7.1 | .8 | .7 | .3 | 16.0 |
| 2016 | Bauru | 12 | 29.8 | .674 | .340 | .810 | 6.4 | 1.6 | .7 | .1 | 17.9 |
| Career | 24 | 33.7 | .589 | .330 | .805 | 6.8 | 1.2 | .7 | .2 | 17.0 |
References edit
- ^ RAFAEL HETTSHEIMEIR National: Spanish-Brazilian.
- ^ HETTSHEIMEIR, RAFAEL NATIONALITY: SPAIN.
- ^ Rafael Hettsheimeir signs for Obradoiro
- ^ Rafael Hettsheimeir is back to CAI Zaragoza
- ^ Rafael Hettsheimeir extends with CAI
- ^ Rafael Hettsheimeir has signed a contract with Real Madrid
- ^ Rafael Hettsheimeir and Martynas Pocius will leave Real Madrid
- ^ "UNICAJA seals deal with Hettsheimeir". Euroleague.net. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 15 August 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ "Rafael Hettsheimeir returns in Brazil". Sportando.com. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2014.
- ^ "El Montakit Fuenlabrada ficha a Rafael Hettsheimeir" (in Spanish). Baloncesto Fuenlabrada. January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
- ^ "Aguada busca firmar al brasileño Rafael Hettsheimeir". primerahora.com (in Spanish). 5 June 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
External links edit
- Rafael Hettsheimeir Archived 2018-10-29 at the Wayback Machine at acb.com (in Spanish)
- Rafael Hettsheimeir at archive.fiba.com
- Rafael Hettsheimeir at euroleague.net
- Rafael Hettsheimeir at latinbasket.com
- Rafael Hettsheimeir at lnb.com (in Portuguese)